Holder for spools, &amp;c.



A. J. SMITH.

I HOLDER FOR SPOOLS, &c. APPLICATION FILED 0m. 29, 191B. RENEWED MAR. 28, 1921.

1,395,155. Patented 001;. 25, 1921-.

INVENTOR WWNESQE J y BY my 6%, W ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADONLRAM .1. SMITH, or SEATTLE, wasnrno'ron, AssIGNon 01 ONE-HALF Tov THOMAS P; FRIDAN, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

HOLDER FOR SPOOLS, &c.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed October 29, 1918, Serial No. 260,114. Renewed March 23, 1921. Serial No. 456,207.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ADoNmAM J. SMITH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holders for Spools, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparel apparatus, and more especially to combined spool and implement holders; and the object of the same is to produce a holder on which all the articles used in crocheting are employedthe several spools of cotton, and the several crochet books or needles.

The invention contemplates means for rotatably mounting the spool from which the thread or cotton being used is drawn, and details are set forth in the following specification and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of this device complete, with one spool mounted on the rotary spindle, and another spool mounted on one of the fixed spindles.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center of all parts of the device and deflected so as to pass through one of the standards in which a crochet needle is mounted.

The device may be made of wood or any suitable metal, and comprises a flat base 1 of substantially or nearly rectangular conformation, and from whose four corners rise posts or standards. Two of these, numbered 2 and 3, are made tubular so that the crochet needles N may be passed down into them and their hooked or pointed ends thoroughly protected. Two others near the forward corners of the base are in the shape of rigid posts or standards 1 and 5, and on one or both of these may be removably mounted spools S of thread, cotton, floss, or whatever material is being worked on. At about the center of the base the same is raised by means of a disk 6 secured thereon, and a pin or spur 7 rises rigidly from the center of the disk. Mounted in a socket near the rear end of the base is the spring 8 which makes a convolution 9 just above the base, is then carried upward as at 10 and bent over and downward into a second spur or tip 17 standing directly over the first spur 7. A rotary spindle 15 is provided, preferably enlarged and shouldered at its lower end as at 16, and in its upper and lower ends are 5 front end of the base is a wire 20 which is curved at its upperend into a coil 21 constituting an eye, and through-this eye is rove the thread on cotton on the spool which is mounted" on the rotary "spindle.

In use, the device is laid on the work table or it may lie on the. lap of the user, and the thread leads from the rotatably mounted spool through the eye to the needle, and as she manipulates the latter, it is worked into the articles being made. Should the thread on this spool become exhausted, she can raise the flexible tip 17 of the spring, remove the spool from the rotary spindle 15, and substitute another; or should the pattern require the insertion of thread of another color at any point, she can lay aside or break off that which she has been using and substitute another in-the same manner. Reserve needles are mounted in the fixed uprights 2 and 3 at the rear corners of the base, and these needles may be of different size if desired. The entire device is so small that it may be contained within a bureau drawer or the drawer of the sewing machine, or it may be packed in the work basket or laid away when it is not in use. I find it serviceable on occasions to continue the bore of one of the tubular standards down through the base so that the needle may be projected through the same, and into a shelf or other support upon which the device rests, thereby preventing it from being drawn off the same when tension is applied to the thread in the act of drawing it from the spool which is mounted on the rotary spindle. The yielding force of the spring which bears its tip 17 downward into the socket at the upper end of the spindle, imparts suflicient tension to the latter to prevent unwinding or unreeling too large a stretch of thread at one time. I would have this spindle of a size to fit rather closely within the bore of the several spools so that it rotates with the spool and between the points 7 and 17, rather than having the spool rotate on the spindle as usual with spool holders. The other spools may fit loosely on the posts 4 and 5 which latter rise rigidly from the base.

As above suggested, the parts are preferably entirely of wood although I do not wish to be limited to the materials and proportions thereof.

What is claimed as new is:

1. The herein described holder for spools comprising a base, a disk fixed thereon, a spur rising rigidly from the center of the disk, a spring rising from said base in rear of the disk, making a coil, and having its upper end bent forward and downward into a point standing above said spur, a rotary spindle adapted to fit the bore of the spool and enlarged at its lower end and having sockets at both extremities within which said point and spur are removably and rotatably mounted, and'a thread guide rising from the front end of the base. i

2. In a holder for spools, the combination with a base, a pair of rigid spool-holding spindles rising from its front corners, a palr of tubular needle-holders rising from its spindle of a size to fit closely within the bore of a spool and having sockets in'its extremities for engagement with said spur and point, for the purpose set forth.

3. In an article of the class described, the combination with a'base, and a spool-carrier revolubly mounted thereon; of a tubular standard rising rigidly from one rear corner of the base, its bore continueddownward through said base, and a needle removably mounted in said bore and adapted for projection below the lower face of the base, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ADONIRAM J. SMITH. 

